overweening
Overweening is also used as adjective, with meanings including unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings.
Length
11
Scrabble
18
WWF
22
Starts
OV
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “OVERWEENING” Mean?
overweening has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesunrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
“extravagant praise”
“exuberant compliments”
“overweening ambition”
“overweening greed”
Synonyms
presumptuously arrogant
“had a witty but overweening manner”
“{'source': 'S.V.Benet', 'text': 'no idea how overweening he would be'}”
“{'source': 'NY Times', 'text': 'getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down'}”
Synonyms
Synonyms for OVERWEENING
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
Length
11 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
G
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
O, V, E, R, W, E, E, N, I, N, G
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★OVERWEENING has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OVERWEENING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OVERWEENING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OVERWEENING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCDECCFGFH
CV Pattern
VCVCCVVCVCC
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
OV, VE, ER, RW, WE, EE, EN, NI, IN, NG
Trigrams
OVE, VER, ERW, RWE, WEE, EEN, ENI, NIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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